Drew Mongiello

The Formula One Mexican Grand Prix proved an interesting mix of tight racing and strategy. Max Verstappen dominated his way to the second win of the season for the young Dutch driver. It was the fifth win of his career. But while Verstappen won the battle, it’s Lewis Hamilton who won …

It is that time of year again. As the season turns to fall, the leaves change their colors, apple picking becomes a little less lame, and yes, Formula One lands in the U.S. at the Circuit of the Americas in Austin, Texas. Quick sidebar: if you are reading this column and …

Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series: The Charlotte ROVAL Is Here To Stay The Bank of America ROVAL 400 had so much action, it’s impossible to put in a single paragraph. The leader of the race overdrove it on a restart and sent half-a-dozen cars straight into the outside wall. Moments …

It was a team effort from the Mercedes AMG Petronas organization that handed championship leader Lewis Hamilton another victory. Valtteri Bottas led the first half of the race but a team order to allow Hamilton past handed the British driver his eighth win of the season and 70th of his …

September 29, 2018Drew Mongiello, Formula 1 NewsComments Off on Valtteri Bottas Wins Second Pole of 2018 at Sochi in Mercedes Front Row Lock-Out

The Mercedes AMG Petronas team seems to have regained its pace advantage over Ferrari in Russia. Valtteri Bottas set a new track record on the track on which he got his first career race win in 2017 to win his second pole of the 2018 season, the sixth of his …

Lewis Hamilton was able to take advantage of his track position on a Singapore track that allows for very minimal overtaking and cruise to victory in the Singapore Grand Prix. Max Verstappen was able to keep pace with Hamilton but had to settle for second. Sebastian Vettel continues to lose …

The Marina Bay Circuit in Singapore has notoriously been the worst track on the Formula 1 calendar for Mercedes and Lewis Hamilton. He won in 2014 when no one was touching Mercedes’ pace, and in 2017 when the two Ferrari cars and Max Verstappen crashed ahead of Lewis on Lap …

The news that Formula One fans had been anticipating all 2018 has been officially announced on Tuesday (September 11th, 2018) by Scuderia Ferrari that ‘The Iceman’ Kimi Raikkonen will step down from the Prancing Horse in 2019. With that, the team has also announced that young Monegasque hot-shoe, Charles Leclerc, will …

Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series: Rain On Indy’s Parade Moving NASCAR’s Indianapolis race to early September was designed to shake up the schedule. Its new spot as the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series regular-season finale increased its importance. A race that drivers still consider a crown jewel was pushing hard …